Man charged in police-involved shooting on South Side

Police investigating the smell of marijuana smoke ended up shooting a man they chased down a South Side alley after he refused a command to drop his gun, authorities said.

The suspect, Donte J. Kenney, 26, remained at Advocate Christ Medical Center on Sunday, but has been charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, according to court documents.

Police saw Kenney standing at the mouth of an alley on 86th Street just east of Rhodes Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood and tried to stop him about 1 a.m. Saturday because they smelled marijuana, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Stephanie Buck and Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Patrick Camden.

Kenney, of the 7900 block of South Stewart Avenue, took off north in the alley holding his side, and one officer jumped out of the police car and chased him, according to Camden, Buck and court documents. The other officer tracked the chase north on Rhodes in his car.

Kenney ran into a gangway, Buck said Sunday, and the officer who had been driving got out of the car to chase him.